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成日

seng4 jat6

[1] whole day; all day long. Mandarin: 整天 [2] all the time; always; constantly; frequently; often　Mandarin: 常常

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 381,000

成日

成 sing4 seng4 cheng2 - completed; finished; fixed
日 jat6 ri4 - sun; day

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唔知點解呢排成日都頭痛呀。粵 edit
I don't know why I've been getting so many headaches lately.

呢排我成日都睇電視粵 edit
Recently I've been watching tv all day.

你成日食嘢唔做嘢；搏炒係咪? 粵 edit
You're forever eating and not doing work; are you trying to get fired?

個仔成日去賭錢，做亞媽嘅都好激氣粵 edit
As a mother, she is very upset with her son gambling.

This word was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 27th Jul 2007

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